不经一事
bù jīng yī shì
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1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不经一事,不长一智
bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì
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1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不见经传
bù jiàn jīng zhuàn
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1 not found in the classics (idiom); unknown
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2 unfounded
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3 not authoritative
久经考验
jiǔ jīng kǎo yàn
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1 well tested (idiom); seasoned
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2 veteran
坚苦卓绝
jiān kǔ zhuó jué
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1 persisting despite trials and tribulations (idiom); conspicuous determination
天无绝人之路
tiān wú jué rén zhī lù
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1 Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through.
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2 Never give up hope.
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3 Never say die.
天经地义
tiān jīng dì yì
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1 lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper
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2 right and unalterable
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3 a matter of course
家家有本难念的经
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng
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1 Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
容华绝代
róng huá jué dài
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1 to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (idiom)
屡禁不绝
lu:3 jìn bù jué
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1 to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)
引经据典
yǐn jīng jù diǎn
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1 lit. to quote the classics
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2 to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
弹尽援绝
dàn jìn yuán jué
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1 out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits
弹尽粮绝
dàn jìn liáng jué
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1 out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits
惨淡经营
cǎn dàn jīng yíng
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1 to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
惨绝人寰
cǎn jué rén huán
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1 extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality
悬崖绝壁
xuán yá jué bì
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1 sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
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1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
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2 amazing!
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3 great!
断港绝潢
duàn gǎng jué huáng
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1 to be unable to continue
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2 to come to a dead end (idiom)
曾经沧海
céng jīng cāng hǎi
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1 lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
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2 fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
曾经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
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1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
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2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things